today is wednesday

had trouble sleeping yesterday, so was pretty tired today. 5 hours of class. ended up napping later. avocado & eggs for lunch. avocados here are a lot different than in the states – smaller, more rubbery avocado meat… i got lucky with one of my avocados. while it still wasn’t the same as californa avocados, it had ripen enough to just enough softness and was fairly un-rubbery. later in the evening, visited a friend of mine @ wild jordan café. it was fairly busy tonight, but we still got to talk every once in a while when he got a break. brought study material to make use of my time when i wasn’t talking to him. it’s been so much hotter these last couple of days. at the beginning of my trips, the terrace of wild jordan actually got kind of chilly at night. high was 97 degrees F today. i was at the café from 7:30-10. at 10, the weather still hovered at 84 degrees. my roommate and i had met hamdan, this friend of mine who’s employed at wild jordan, at the beginning of this trip. it’s interesting to converse with him the café again at the end of my stay and have him tell me that he sees improvement in my arabic. that makes me happy. i definitely feel like i’ve gained confidence in my arabic speaking. it really helps to be in an environment where you’re always having an opportunity to practice new phrases you’ve learned/fix errors you’ve made in the past. i’ve been itching to do something active – soccer, running, hiking, whatever. might be playing soccer on monday with hamdan and friend. excited.



hit up mukhtar mall’s carefour market after wild jordan. bought some long life milk. i'm so new to uht processing but apparently this stuff is good for cooking, since it's already at room temp? also...apparently it's long life only applies to shelf life. once opened, the magic show ends and it becomes like pasteurized milk again and must be used within a week or so.



late-night baking sesh. first time making biscuits. tomorrow is the last day of class and we are having a hefla (party) during the last hour. this will be my contribution.